ORD 43-03 PLUMBING & DRAINAGE RULES/REGULATIONSORDINANCE NO. 3
AN ORDINANCE adopting rules and regulations for the construction and install-
ation, alteration and repair of plumbing and drainage of any plumbing in Zone
ONE (1) and TWO (2) of Kitsap County.
ARTICLE 1
SECTION 1.
It shall be unlawful for any person to do ~ny construction, in-
stallation, alteration and repair of plumbing and drainage of any
and all buildings in the County of Kitsap, Washington, in viola-
tion of the provision of this Ordinance.
~ECTION 2.
Any parson who sh~ll violate or fail to comply with any of the
provisions of this ordinance, shmll be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor,
ARTICLE 2 (As ~mended)
Installation
Zone 1 as designated on plumbing code map.
SECTION 1.
The installation of all plumbing in the County of Kitsap shall
be done by licensed contractors, bonded se'ar man, licensed
journeymen~rking under direct supervision of licensed contrac-
tors and apprentices working under direct supervision of licensed
journeymen or licensed contractors. It shall be unlawful for any
other person or parsons to do any work connected with the waste
system'of any house or building in the County, except for bona
fide owner as provided in Ordinance No. Four (4).
SECTION 2.
Any alteration, addition or repair shall conform in all respects
to the provisions of this Ordinance, and whenever any plumbing
fixture whose trap is not vented is removed and replaced with a
different plumbing fixture, the trap thereof shall be vented as
required by this Ordinance.
SECTION 3.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, whether
acting as principal, servant, agent or employee, or for any bona
fid~ owner to do or cause to permit to be done any plumbing or
drainage work for which a patt is required within the County
of Kitsap without first securing such a parmit from the Build-
ing Inspactor of the County of Kitsap.
SECTION 4.
A parmit shall be required when any plumbing fixture, waste dis-
charging device, vent pipe, soil pipe, waste pipe, house drain
pipe, branch house drain pipe, floor drain pipe, house sewer,
septic t~nk, or rainwater leader connected to the house drain-
age system is installed, altered, replaced or'removed.
SECTION 5-
No permit shall be required for the clearing of stoppages or the
repairing of leaks in pipes, valves or fixtures when such repairs
do not involve or require the replacement or rearrangement of
pipes or fixtures. Repairs to plumbing or drainage systems shall
be made with such materials andby such methods as is provided
for by this Ordinance for new work in so far as it is practical
to do so.
ARTICLE 3
Locai Vents
SECTION 1.
Vent ducts for inside rooms where water closets and urinals are
located, shall have an area equal to two (2) square inches to
every square foot of floor space of the room in which fixtures
are located; provided, however, there shall not be allowed any
vent ducts less than forty-eight (48) square inches in cross
section area, and not less than four (4) inches of inside ~idth.
SECTION 2.
SECTION 1.
SECTION 2.
SECTION 3-
SECTION 4.
SECTION 5.
SECTION 6.
SECTION 7.
Vent ducts from toilet rooms must be run separate to the outer
air or to the roof, and must be nearly vertical as practicable,
and must have no greater angle than forty-fiv~ (45) degrees
when practicable. Each roan shall have a separate duct which
in no case sh~]] have any connection ~th, or opening $nto,
any other room except that several ducts may be connected into
one ventilator at such roof, such ventilator to be of an area
equal to the combined area of all ducts connected thereto.
Such ducts shall be made of heavy galvanized sheet metal, not
less than 26 gauge, or other approved fireproof materials. All
Joints shall be made air tight.
ARTICLE 4
All traps shall be vented as heroin set forth, far the purpose
of protecting their seal from siphonage, back pressure, fouling
by condensation of sewer air, and to maintain a circulation of
air through ~11 parts of the piping system and to carry off the
foul odors that may accumulate from the decomposition of sewage
in the pipes.
Branch vents must be taken off the waste or soil lines above the
center line of pipe and mustrise at an incline of at least thirty
(30) degrees wherever possible. No vent shall be installed so it
could possibly act as waste in case of stoppage of intended waste.
Every vent for a trap shall be connected to the waste line by as
short a connection as possible, but in no case shall such a con-
nection have a length greater than +.h~ty (30) inches, measuring
horizontally fromtha trap seal.
When two (2) or ~IS traps are vented by the continuous venting
system at the same level, they shall be connected to the vertical
line by a short turn double TY fitting when iron pipe is used,
and by a double branch wiped Joint of equal radius when lsad pipe
is used for waste pipe. A double sanitary T my be used when cast
ironpipe is used. The connection to the verticle line shall be
made at a peint not below the water line in the body of the trap.
The vertical line below point of connection, and all horizontal
parts in conjunction therewith, shall constitute the waste pipe
from the fixtures, and that part above point of connection with
waste pipes to point of connection with other vent pipes, shall
constitute the vent of the fixtures.
Vent pipes shall extend vertically or at an angle of forty-five
(45) degrees for at least six (6) inches above the point of con-
nection with trap outlets before cP~nging their direction, and '
shall extend to at least six (6) inches above highwater line of
fixtures before connecting with other vent pipes.
The traps of all fixtures or of drains within anybuilding con-
nection to any sewer or septic tank must have a separate vent pipe
oonnected to such trap, or to its branch waste or soil pipe, in
such manner as to serve it separately without cross connection o~
by-pass, and must be carried upward at the nearest partitien or
wall to a point six (6) inches above the water line of the fixture
it serves before connecting with other vent pipes or to the main
vent pipes, except in special cases as provided for in tFds Ordinance.
Every vent pipe and piping shall be of the size heroinafter speci-
fied in this section for the kind and number of plumbing fixtures
mentioned in the following table, except as heroinafter provided
in this section. Every building containing a water closet shall
have at least one (1) vent pipe not less than four (4) inches in
diameter, extending to and through the roof of the building; and
provided, further that every building not containing a water
closet shall have at least one (1) vent pipe net less than two
(2) inches in diameter, unless deemed unnecessary by the Departments,
(2)
SECTION 8,
SECTION 9,
S~CTION 1~
Size and Length of Main and Branch Vent Pipes
For Four (4) Inch Traps or the Equivalent
of One Water Closet
2 to 4--2 inch vent not to exceed 35 feet in
length.
5 to 9--2½inch vent not to exceed 35 feet in
length.
9 to 16-- 3 inch vent not to exceed 35 feet in
length.
17 to 38--3½ inch vent not to exceed 35 feet in
length.
39 to 60--4 inch vent not to exceed 35 feet in
length.
Two (2) Inch Traps
1 to 6--2 inch vent not to exceed 35 feet in
length.
7 to 18--2½inch vent not to exceed 35 feet in
length.
19 to 120--4 inch vent not to exceed 35 feet in length.
One and One-Half (1½) Inch Traps
1 to 3--1½ inch vent not to exceed 35 feet in
length.
4 to 12--2 inch vent not to exceed 35 feet in
length.
13 to 36--2½inch vent not to exceed 35 feet in
length.
37 to 152--3 inch vent not to exceed 35 feet in
length.
One and One-Quarter (i,) Inch Traps
1 to 3--1{ inch vent not to exceed 35 feet in
length.
4 to 6--1, inch vent not to exceed 35 feet in
length.
7 to 24--~inch vent not to exceed 35 feet in
length.
25 to 72--2 inch vent not to exceed 35 feet in
length.
Increase pipe size one size for each additional
35 inches, or part thereof for the foregoing table.
Whenever any of the vent pipes hereinbefOre specified, are con-
nected together or combined, the size of such combined vent pipe.
shall be determined by the maximmn size of vent pipe specified in
the foregoing table for the total number of all kinds of fix-
tures connected thereto; provided, however, that any number of
tures, other than water closets, may be connected %e any vent fer
a water closet in the event that such vent is not less than
four (4) inches in diameter; and, provided, further, that no direct-
ly trapped and~ented f~uA~e ~Ma!l ~c .cnt~d Un-o~gh ~v~
an ~mdi~C~ eonn~tiOne
No vent pipe shall be reduced in size from ite lowest to its
highest terminal.
Vent pipes shall attach %o P or 21S traps of two (2) inches or
less size, and to pot, or drum, or to the waste pipe leading
therefrom at a point not more than eighteen (18) inches from
the water line in the body of a trap when trap is connected in
its natural position and form to the outlet of fixture, except
laundry trays or similar fixtures.
(3)
SECTION 11.
SECTION 12.
SECTION 13.
SETION 14~
S~CTION 15.
SECTION 16.
Deep seal or resealing traps may be allowed in emergency cases
when in the judgemerit of the inspector, circumstances and condi-
tions crea~such emergency, such as no feasible way of provid-
ing a vent pipe. All reseaiing traps used in such emergency
cases shall be of a pattern approved by the Inspector, and sh=11
be used only by a special persist from hi~. W~en resealing traps
are used, each fixture waste opening sh~ll be trapped separately
by its own special trap.
Groups, or rows of water closets, porcelain stall urinals, or
shower baths, having waste pipe of two (2) inches and~argermay
be vented by the loop system. A row of either of the above named
fixtures, or a mixed row consisting of all three kinds of fixtures,
maybe so vented. The horizontal soil or waste of the loop sh~!l
connect to the vertical min line of soil waste pipe by a TY fit-
ting and shall continue in the most direct course along under-
neath the row of fixtures, so that the trap outlets will connect
into the top side of same Y, or long turn TY branch fitting.
And provided further, that when more than four (4) fixtures are
connected to any horizontal soil or waste line in the loop system
of venting, a relief vent of not less than two (2) inches must be
provided, connecting to the soil or waste line so as to divide the
row of fixtures into groups not exceeding four (4) fixtures to
each group, said relief vents eh~ll extend up six (6) inches
above the water line of fixtures before connecting with other
vents, or shall extend full size above roof, and in all cases
of loop venting, one fixture shall be connected at the end of
the loop so as to thoroughly flush that part lying beyond the
last group of fixtures from the main vertical soil pipe line.
In school laboratories where batteries of sinks are installed
for experimental purposes, and where the regular system of vent-
ing of traps as heroin specified cannot be conformed to, a
special system of venting may be employed by special permit,
when in the judgement of the inspector, circumstances may justi-
fy, in such cases, the branch and main waste pipe serving such
battery or row of sinks in as near a direct line as practicable,
a Y branch or a long turn TY branch fitting being provided to
receive the waste connection at each sink separately. Each sink
shallbe trapped bya deep seal pot trap having a body four (4)
inches in diameter and at least five (5)' inches long, and shall
have a one and one-half (1~) inch opening, and a four (4) inch
cleanout cover of a kind approvedby the Inspector shall ~o pro-
vided in such a trap. The waste pipe shall continue full size
throughout in conformity with the table size of waste pipes as
provided in Section 9, to receive the discharge of the number of
or~ and one-half (lm) inch traps in each row or battery and at
the extreme end shall be continued up the nearest partition to
act as a vent pipe for the system, and shall continue full size
through the roof or may combine with other vents at a point six
(6) inches above the water line of the sink it serve~. Each trap
shall be set so as to givo drain of one-quarter (,) inch per
toward the minwaste pipe, and in no case shall branch waste
connection from the trap to the main waste pipe be more than twen*.y-
two (22) inches long.
All vents shall be carried or extended ten (10) inches above the
roof and shall be properly flashed with flashing made of lead of
not less than two and one-half (2½) pounds per foot, or equally
durable material. The flashing shall entirely cover all pipe
above roof; provided, however, that pipe does not extend more
than twelve (12) inches above the roof.
No vent shall terminate within eighteen (18) dnches of chimney,
local vent or similar object, nor within ten (10) feet of
window or opening in the building they serve, without rising twc
(2) feet above the same; nor ~ithin ten flO) feet of property li~.e
if deemed undesirable by the inspector.
(4)
SECTION 17.
SECTION !.
SECTION 2.
SECTION 3-
SECTION
SECTION 5.
SECTION 6.
SECTION 7.
When roof is used for other purposes than weather protection,
the vents shall terminate not less than seven (7) feet above
the roof, and shall be substantially supported.
ARTICLE 5
Waste
All cast iron pipe used as soil pipe, waste pipe or house drain
pipe shall be of the grade kno~m to the trade as "Standard" ex-
cept as hereinafter provided, and shall be coated inside and out-
side with coal tar pitch while hot. All fittings used in con-
nection with such pipe shall be of the same grade and coating,
and shall be free from defects. No non-metallic pipe shall
car~~ the waste from any fixture or floor drain within the build-
ing.
All main house drainage pipes from a point two (2) feet outside
the foundation or cellar wall, or beyond the house or porch line,
shall be run in as direct a course as possible. All changes in
direction and all branch connections shall be made with suitable
fittings. For the purpose of the Ordinance, the following list
of fittings shall be accepted as suitable for the purpose named.
All branch connections to the house drain, and all connections
of soil or w~ste pipe shall be made with Y and 1/8 bend or long
turn TY fitting. All 90 degree turns shall be made with Y and
1/8 bend, or long turn TY fitting, and cleanout shall be inserted
in end of fitting at all such turns; provided long sweep quarter
bends may be used when it is less than five (5) feet to a clean-
out on the house side of such fitting. Connections of vertical
stacks of soil w~ste pipe at the end of horizontal lines of
house drains maybe made with long turn 90 degree bends having
a central radius of not less than two (2) diameters of the pipe;
provided, however, in all such cases, a cleanout must be inserted
in the vertical stack st least three (3) inches above the floor
line or ground level.
All horizontal branch house drains five (5) feet or more in length
shall have a cleanout inserted at the end of run and cleanout
shall be made accessible. When the house drain is below the
cellar or basement floor, or below the ground level, all clean-
outs shall be extended at least three (3) inches above such floor
or ground level, or be made accessible by means of concre~or
brick manhole ~ith iron cover. Connections of fLxtares to end of
branch house drains of less than five (5) feet in length may be
made with long turn 90 degree ells having a central radius of not
less than two (2) diameters of the pipe.
When house drains are above cellar or basement floor, they must be
supported on brick or concrete piers, or hung with iron hangers.
The main house drain beginning at a point two (2) feet outside
foundation of building shall be of sufficient size according to
table of sizes given in this Ordinance to carry the discharge
of all fixtures and drains connecting therein and m~y reduce in
size proportionately as the main lines of the combined cross-
sectional areas of all main lines of soil and waste pipe extend-
ing through the roof, shall equal that of the main house drain
to which they connect.
There shall be no traps or back water valves placed in the main
house drain lines, nor in any branch house drain through which
house fixtures discharge, except by the approval of the Inspector.
Each main line of house drain entering any building or extending
under any building from sewer, cop~ection or from connection to
septic tank, shall have at least one main line of soil or main
waste pipe extending through roof co~mected ~ereto.
(5)
SECTION 8.
SECTION 9.
SECTION iO.
SECTION 11.
SECTION 12.
SECTION13.
SECTION 14.
SECTION 15.
SECTION 16.
SECTION 17.
Connections to vertical lines of cast iron soil or waste pipe
may be made with sanitary, tees; offsets in such lines shall be
made with 45 degree bends having a radius of two diameters of
the pipe.
Branch connections of soil waste or vent pipes or fixtures to
ar~ horizontal line of cast iron soil or waste pipe, shall be
made with Y or long turn TY fittings.
No water closet shall discharge into a pipe less than four (4)
inches in diameter. There shall be a lead connection at least
twelve (12) inches in length between the closet bowl and soil
pipe or lead bend of (B) grade, (8) pound lead wiped or burned
to brass ferrule, with brass solder closet ring. Except in cement
which must be of cast iron, Raymond ferrules are not permitted.
Wall toilets are permissible in public buildings by making all
waste connections of soil pipe, using a lead stub or bend ~iped
on brass ferrule or by using a four (4) inch nipple from fitting
to cast screw flange. No branch of ~mste from a~v fixture with
not water shall enter lead bend,
All joints in cast iron pipe shall be calked joints mad~ with
oakum, well tamped and poured withpure molten lead well calked,
and no paint, varnish, putty, or cement of any kind shall be
put on calked joints until tested and inspected and approved
by the inspector. Tanned tees may be used in vent lines.
Whenever screw joint, soil or waste pipe is used in any building
hereafter constructed in the County of Kitsap, the entire
system of soil, waste and vent pipes from point of connection
with cast iron soil waste pipe, or house drain to point of con-
nection with main vertical vent line, shall be of screw joint
pipe and fittings.
Intersecting branch lines of screw joint soil or waste pipe
between lines of cast iron soil or waste pipe and cast iron
vent pipe lines, will not be permitted.
Provided, however, the inspector may issue a special permit to
extend or repair existing systems of screw joint soil or waste
piping, or to install branch connection in old buildings ~here
in his judgment they best serve the purpose.
All screw joint soil and waste pipe used for the conveyance of
sewage or waste liquids, vents shall be either galvanized
wrought iron, galvanized mild steel or brass pipe, or equally
durable material.
All fittings and traps used in connection with screw joint
soil and waste pipe must be recessed drainage fittings with re-
cessed screw hubs. All fittings and traps used in connections
with wrought iron and mild steel soil and waste pipe must be
cast or malleable iron drainage fittings. All fittings and
traps used in connection with brass soil or waste pipe must be
brass drainage fittings: provided, however, brass traps may be
used in connection with wrought iron or mild steel sodl or waste
pipe when they become an exposed finished connection.
All changes in direction or horizontal or 'oblique runs of screw
joint soil and waste pipe must be made ~ith Y or Y and 1/8 bend
long turn TY branch or 45 degrees ells; if such branch or run
be more than five (5) feet in length to point of change in
direction, a cleanout must be inserted at end of run. Change
of direction of branch or main lines of brass soil or waste
pipe less than five (5) feet in length may be made with 90
degree long turn ells of a radius not less than t~o (2) di-
ameters of the pipe, providing there is a cleanoutwithin five
(5) feet on house side of ell. Branch connection to vertical
lines of screw joint soil or waste may be made with 90 degree
short turn TY fittings. Bending of wrought iron or steel soil
waste or vent pipes will not be permitted. When necessary to
make change in direction, suitable fittings sh~.]l be used.
(6)
SECTION18.
SECTION 19.
SECTION 20.
SECTION 21.
SECTION 22.
SECTION 23.
SECTION 24.
SECTION 25.
The ends of all screw joint soil and waste pipe must be reamed
to remove any burr that may be caused by cutting off, so as to
leave a smooth, full-sized interior opening before making up.
Screw joint soil or waste pipes will not be permitted under-
ground under basement floors, nor in ducts under basement
floors, and may be used in house drains only when such house
drain is entirely above the basement floor. All horizontal
lines of screw joint soil or waste pipes must be supported at
intervals of not more than five (5) feet. Vertical lines of
screw joint soil, cast iron, copper, brass or other waste pipe
sh~l! be substantially supported at each floor level. In no
case shall a vertical line carrying the waste of one or more
water closets be continued in a vertical line more than thirty
(30) feet without offsetting at least one (1) foot. Such off-
sets shall not have more than one-quarter (1) inch fell per
foot.
All main lines of screw Joint soil or waste pipe shall be ex-
tended full size through and ten (10) inches above the roof.
All branch lines of screw joint or waste pipe extending twenty-
five (25) feet or more horizontally, or t~elve (12) feet or more
vertically from any m~in lines, shall in turn become a main
line and shall extend full size through and ten (10) inches
above the roof or may be returned back into the original main
line six (6) inches above the high water line of the highest
fixture, connecting therein.
Connection in vertical lines of screw joint or waste pipe may
be made with short turn TY recessed drainage fitting of pattern
approvedby the inspector, Offsets in such lines my be made
~ith 45 degree bends or long turn 90 degree bends ~ving a
center radius of two (2) diameters of the pipe.
Branch connections of soil, waste or vent pipes or fixtures
to any horizontal lines of screw Joints soil or waste pipe
shall be made ~th Y or long turn TY drainage fitting. Water
closet connections to screw joint soil pipe sh~ll be made with
flange connection screwed to pipe at floor level or wall.
Soil pipes and house drains carrying the discharge of water
closets, including all direct and converging lines, and all
branch lines shall be not less than four (4) inches internal
diameter. Soil pipes ~nd house drains receiving the discharge
of one (1) water closet, not less than four (4) inches. When
receiving the discharge of from one (1) to (20) twenty water
closets, or their equivalent, not less than four (4) inches.
There shall be cleanouts put in at the end of all horizontal
runs of soil or waste pipe five (5) or more feet in length;
cleanouts must be inserted in cast iron pipe with calked
joint fittings with brass screw cover. When cleanouts are
put in vertical soil or waste pipe, they shall be put in so
as to have their lower side three (3) inches or more above
the floor or ground level. Cleanouts located below basement
floors must h~ve manholes of brick or concrete with iron
cover and so constructed as to give free and easy access to
the cleanout. The internal diameter of cle~nout or trap screw
opening shall in no c~se be less than one (1) inch sm~11 er than
internal diameter of pipe or trap they serve; provided, however,
in no case will cleanout openings be required larger th~n three
and one-half (3½) inches. All lead traps sh~ll be provided
with brass trap screw for cleanout purposes.
Tapping holes in soil or waste pipe will not be permitted.
When it becomes necessaryto disconnect pipes for removal
of stoppage, cleanout~ must be i~s~r~ted a~ o~ ne~ point
of stoppage.
(7)
'SECTION 26.
SECTION 27.
SECTION 28.
SECTION 29.
SECTION 3Oo
It sh~11 be unlawful for any person to build, erect or con-
struct any yard, cellar or basement or area without providing
proper drainage or to occupy or obstruct an~yard, cellar, base-
ment or area in any manner having a tendency to interfere with
or prevent the free fl~w of water toward or into said drains
or drain.
The Building Inspector is hereby empowered and it is hereby
made his duty where there is an accumulation of water or
where in his judgment such accumulation of water i~ liable
to occur, to such extent as to become dangerous to health~
or where such accumulation of water, or water flowing there-
from, may cause damage to property or goods on the immediate
premises where such conditions do, or in his judgment may
occur on any adjacent premises, to require an~ cellar, area
or basement to be drained, as heroin provided.
The cellar, basement and area drains of dwelling houses shall
be connected to the house drain, or where the topography of
the ground will permit, may be run to the open air by permis-
sion of the inspector. When the cellar, basement or area
drain of a dwelling house is connected to the house drain,
such connection shall be not less than two (2) inches in di-
ameter and sh~ll be trapped by a cast iron trap of the same
diameter and the trap shall have a water seal of at least
three (3) inches in depth and accessible cleanout.
All cellar, basement and area drains where the natural flow
of water is not continuous, must be supplied with water drip
to assure a continuous water seal in dry weather at the re-
quest of the inspector.
All fixtures shall have waste pipes the full size of the waste
connection provided by the manufacturer, and waste pipes shml!
not be reduced in size from point of connection at fixtures in
the direction of their flow, but shall continue full size until
connecting with main waste or soil pipe or house drain.
Provided, however, that in no case shall the waste pipe be
less than one and one-quarter (1,) inches internal diameter.
The main and branch pipes shall be of the following sizes
and shall increase in proportion to the number of fixtures
connecting thereto.
FIXTUP~S P~VING
Two (2) Inch Traps
1 to 2 ....................... 2 inch waste
3 to o. 2½ inch waste
10 to 17 ..................... 3 inch waste
18 to 38 ..................... 3~ inch waste
39 to 60 ..................... 4 inch waste
One and one-half (1½) Inch Traps
1 to 3.I ..... . ............. j..i~ inch waste
4 to 8 ....... . ............... 2 inch waste
9 to 20 ...................... 2½ inch waste
21 to 34 ..................... 3 inch waste
35 to 76 ..................... 3½ inch wmste
77 to 120 .................... 4 inch waste
One and One-Quarter (i¼) Inch Traps
1 to 3 ............ · ........ 1A inch was+~
h to 6 ..................... ills
? to 16 ...................... 2 inch waste
17 to 36 ..................... 2~inch waste
37 to 68 ..................... 3 inch waste
69 to 153 .................... 3½ inch waste
l~h to ~0 ................... h inch waste
Water Closets
i to 30 ................. ~j.o-h inch waste
31 to lO0 .................... ~ inch waste
lO1 to 300 .......... · ........6 inch waste
Over 300 ..................... 8 inch waste
SECTION 31.
SECTION 1.
SECTION 2.
SECTION3,
SECTION 4.
SECTION 1.
SECTION 2.
SECTION 3-
No trap depending upon a partition or mechanical seal will
be permitted. All traps shall have a seal equal to the
diameter of the pipe it serves, provided that no trap shall
have a seal of less than two (2) inches, and no seal of more
than four (4) inches shall be required. No S-trap or anti-
siphon traps shall be permitted without special permission
of the Department. When such trap is used, it shall have a
seal of not less than four (4) inches.
~TICLE VI
Illegal Fittings
Any fitting or connection which has an enlargement, chamber,
or recess with a ledge shoulder, or reduction of the pipe area
in the direction of the flow on the outlet or drain side is
prohibited, except aission joints, which may be used in verti-
cal lines only. No short turn fittings shall be used in any
horizontal waste line, except short branch waste directly con-
nected to fixture trap. The drilling and tapping of house
drains, soil, waste or vent pipes, and the use of saddle hubs
and bands are prohibited. In the installation of any drainage
system, dead ends shall be avoided exceptby special permission
of the inspector.
Workmanship shall be of such character as to fully secure the
results sought to be obtained in all the sections of this Or-
dinance.
Any soil fitting with cleanout incorporated within the fit-
tings, shall not be permitted.
Short turn ells, short turn tees, and sanitary tees may be
perFitted in the vents provided they be either galvanized,
iron or asphalt-coated cast iron of the recess pattern.
ARTICLE VII
Fixtures
Plan closets, plug closets, hoppers range or trough closets,
front washout closets, and closets having trap beneath floor,
or any closet having any mechanism in connection with the
bowl forming a mechanical seal are prohibited. Dry closets
and vault closets will not be permitted where city water and
sewers are within one hundred and fifty (150) feet and all
such dry or vault closets are hereby declared a nuisance.
When urinals are placed in any public building, the floor
must be covered with sither marble, slate, extra heavy glass
or tiling, cement or mey be constructed of a body of non-
absorbent msteriat to the satisfaction of the inspector. When
urinals are constructed to drain from trough in floor, the
waste pipe shall be at least two (2) inches in diameter with
two (2) inch trap, and the floor shall be graded so as to
drain into such trough. Urinals must be supplied with water
so as to thoroughly flushall parts and nc galvanized sheet
iron or other sheet urinal troughs will be all.owed.
Wooden sinks, wash trays or tubs will not be permitted in any
building, and all such are hereby declared a nuisance, pro-
vided, however, that wooden sinks or vats may be used by en-
gravers and photographers for their work, where strong acids
are used, by special permit fror~ th~ ~nsnector.
SECTION 1.
SECTION 2.
SECTION 1.
SECTION 1.
SECTION 1.
SECTION 1,
SECTION 1.
ARTICLE VIII
Floor drains
Floor drains shall have a waste of two (2) inches or larger.
Any floordrainwithless than twelve (12) feet of waste be-
fore entering house drain or branch waste that is vented,
need not be vented. An~ floor drain more than twelve (12)
feet from the house drain or branch waste shall be vented.
Floor drains having two (2) inch waste may be vented with
one and one-half (1,) inch vent. Over two (2) inch waste
shall be vented with two (2) inch vent.
All floor drains other than sumps and sand basins, shall
be of a pattern wherein cleanout and strainer and trap is
incorporated in drain. It shall be further provided that
when it becomes necessary to use other types of drain, a
cleanout shall be provided within eighteen (18) inches of
the drain, and made readily accessible.
ARTICLE IX
Sand Traps
In no case shall a cleanout be loft within a sand basin.
Provided, further, that all sand basins more than eight
(8) feet from a cleanout shall be privided with a clean-
out so placed that it cannot act as a drain. Connection
to a sand basin shall be made with one-quarter bend turned
down to form a seal of at least four (4) inches. Sand
traps shall be provided with a primer to form a continuous
seal providing such case is deemed necessary by the Depart-
ment.
ARTICLE X
Showers
All showers installed on second floor or above living quarters,
must have a lead base of not less than four (4) pound lead pro-
perly placed in sub-drain, the same to be trapped and vented
as provided in this Ordinance.
ARTICLE XI
Grease Traps
In no case shall a grease trap be installed without special
permission of the inspector. Further provided that a grease
trap shall be installed when deemed necessaryby the inspectorl
ARTICLE XII
House sewer
The house sewer maybe cast iron~ cement, vitrous clay, when
two (2) feet or more from house or building, but in no case
shall the use of clay, vitrous or cement between two lines
of cast iron soil be permitted. All sewer lines carrying the
waste of one or more fixtures within one (1) foot of the sur-
face ~f the ground must be cast iron.
ARTICLE XIII
Septic Tank
All septic tanks must be placed at least five (5) feet from
all buildings, and adequate drain tile provided for proper
disposal of waste. All septic tanks must be of sufficient
size to adequately handle all waste that may be run to them.
(lo)
SECTION 1.
SETION 1.
SECTION 1.
SECTION 1.
In no case shall septic tanks be less than five hundred
gallons capacity (500) except as herein provided. When
sewerage districts have been voted in the area such public
sewer lines will abutt the street or alley of the premises,
and pass within 200 feet of the premises, within one year,
then the size of the septic tank my be modifiedby the
plumbing inspector. Under this provision the minimum size
septic tank that may be installed shall be 200 gallons in
capacity, and be provided with not less than one hundred
(100) feet of open Joint drain tile. Such tile and
joints shall be covered on top with a good grade of tar or
quarter nc or less than (1) inch in ten (10)
feet.
ARTICLE X'IV
Drain Tile
Drain tile may enter a house sewer provided drain tile is
trapped at a point of entry ~th a seal of not less than
three (3)i~es.
ARTICLE XV
Down spouts
Rainwater leaders shall never be used as soil, waste or vent
pipes, nor shall soil, waste or vent pipe be used as rainwater
leaders. When rainwater leaders are connected to the house
drain, they shallbe connected on the sewer side of all waste
and vent connections except where they connect to main house
drain in the basement. All rainwater leaders shall be trapped
before entering sewer or house drain. When a rainwater leader
is within the building, or in any air or light shaft, within
the outside walls of the building, it shall be of cast iron,
galvanized wrought iron, galvanized steel of regular pipe size
and thickness, or of copper pipe. Inside rainwater leaders
shall be connected to the roof by either lead or patented con-
nection. In no case shall the rainwater leader be put into
the drain tile at the base of the footing without special per-
mission from the inspector.
ARTICLE XVI
Cross Connections
No plumbing fixtures, apparatus, device or construction shall
be installed which will provide a cross connection between a
distributing system of water for drinking and domestic pur-
poses and a drainage system, building drain, soil or waste
pipe, so as to permit or make possible the backflowage of
sewage or waste into the supply system. No direct connectiom
shall be made between the building water distribution servlca
piping and the flush pipe or flush connection of a fdxture
which is connected to a building drain, soi~ ~r w~te pipe.
ARTICLE XVII
Water Pipe
All water pipes used to supply b~t or cold water to fixtures,
must be so placed that theywill drain to a stop and waste
cock placed either in the basement or outside of the build-
ing. If in supplying fixtures with water, it is found
practical to drain pipes by the use of stop and waste cock,
then a tee with plug shall be placed at lowest point in such
pipe so that they may be drained to prevent freezing.
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SECTION 2.
SETION 3 ·
SECTION 1.
SECTION 2.
SECTION 1.
SECTION 2.
SECTION 1.
SF~]TION 2.
Any water utility in the county reserves the right to make
all connections and all repairs of connections from water
mains to the meter or property line, doing all necessary work
and furnishing necessary material in connection therewith.
In no case shall any person, except one employed by the utility
or its duly authorized representative, tap any water main or
insert pipes therein or, without a permit, lay or repair pipes
in any street. All water pipes outside of building must have
at least eighteen inches (18 inches) of covering.
Further provided that no person shall turn on the water at
the curb cock or meter except upon written order of the water
department. Provided, that any licensed plumber may so turn on
water for the time required to make necessary tests; upon
completion of tests, he shall immediately turn off the water
and leave the curb cock or meter valve closed.
ARTICLE XVIII
Relief Valves
Wherever a check valve is installed on the cold-water supply
pipe between the street main and the hot-water tank, there
shall be installed on the hot-water distributing system, a
diaphragm relief valve. Any building having automatic water
heating unit must have a diaphragm relief valve.
All fixtures having tubing water supplies must have exposed
or accessible stops installed. Further provided that all
range boilers or hot-water storage tanks shall be provided
with a shut-off valve at tank.
ARTICLE XIX
Refrigeration
Waste from all refrigerators, cold storage rooms, ice boxes,
or other such fixtures, used from the storage of foods, shall
not be connected directly to sewer; but shall run to an open
fixture which has running water and is properly trapped and
vented. Provided, further, that if such waste is more than
three (3) feet in length, it shall be trapped as near the
receiving point of waste as possible.
Pipes from a water supply tank or exhaust from a water lift
shall not be directly connected with any house drain, soil,
or waste pipe. Such pipe shall discharge upon the roof or
be trapped into an open fixture as of discharge for refrig-
erator wastes.
ARTICLE
Required Fixtures
Every factory, workshop, school, dwellin~ house, apartment,
store or other place where any person is permanently employed,
or where people congregate daily, must be provided with sui~-
able ~mter closet accommodations.
Schools, factories, workshops and stores shall have one (1)
water closet for each twenty-four (24) persons, or fraction
thereof, of each sex. Water closets for stores must be located
in an accessible and convenient place on the premises on which
the store is located. Rooms in which water closets are located
in restaurants or places where food or confectionery is prepared,
concocted, or manufactured for sale or for public consumption,
must not co~,u~nicate directly with any room where such work is
being carried on. All such rooms must be approved by the Build-
ing Department.
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SECTION 3.
S TION 4.
SECTION
SECTION 6.
SECTION 7.
SECTION 8.
SECTION 1.
Hotels, lodging and rooming houses or dormitories having water
closets located in room opening from the hallways, as single
closets or batteries for general use, shall be provided with
two (2) water closets for every twenty-four (24) single beds
or their equivalent or fraction thereof. If there be more
than twenty-four (24) single beds or their equivalent in such
hotel, lodging or rooming house, one water closet must be
provided for every twelve (12) additional single beds or
their equivalent, or fraction thereof. Water closets for
the different sexes must in such cases be entirely separated.
Provided, however, in hotels where separate water closets are
provided and reserved for the use of single rooms or suites
of rooms, separate water closets for the different sexes are
~ot needed therein.
Every dwelling house, apartment, tenement or flat, must have
at least one water closet, one sink and one bath for each fam-
il~ living in such dwelling house, apartment, tenement or flat.
Water closets for apartments, tenemnts, or flats, must be lo-
cated on t~e same floor as the respective apartment, tenement,
or flat they serve. Water closets for the exclusive use of
tenements or apartments shall be located in ~ bathroom or sep-
arate compartment.
In each apartment of every tenement or apartment house, there
shall be at least one (1) sufficient shower bath or tub bath,
complete for bathiDa.
Hotels, lodging houses, rooming houses, bunk houses, and dor-
mitories shall have at least one (t) accessible shower bath
or tub complete for bathing for every twelve (12) single beds,
or equivalent thereof, or fraction thereof.
In allplaces where foodstuffs are manufactured, packed, or
offered for sale, there shall be provided an approved hand
washing basin and all requirements for hand washing, includ-
ing towels, soap, and running hot and cold water, and such
facilities shall be conveniently accessible to employees at
~11 times during hours of employment.
It a~nll be the duty of any person engaged in improving any
street or alley, by grading, laying conduits, gas mains, water
mains, or railways or erecting buildings, or other construction
work, having ten (lO) or more employees to provide suitable
temporary water closet accommodations to the satisfaction of
the Department. ~nyporson or contractor in charge of such
work, failing to do this Shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
ARTICLE XXI
Tests
Upon completion of roughing-in-work, it shall be submitted
to one of the following tests: A five (5) pound pressure of
air; smoke test, fill with water to the highest point. Upon
completion of work, the inspector may require a ppppermint
test if he so desires.
As designated on plumbing code map "Fixture Installation
Regulations, Zone 2. All waste water and sewage from
plumbing fixtures and appliances connected to the drainage
system and/or water supply installed in any building or
structure contemplated by this act shall be conveyed and
discharged from the trap of such fixture or appliance through
either galvanized wrought-iron pipe, cast-!ro~l pipe, at least
five feet outside the line brass or lead pipe to a point ~t
of such building or structure, and shall be c~rried or dis-
charged from such pipe to a sewer, or ultimate point of dis-
charge through either a continuation of such p~pe or through
texts cotta or cement s~wer pipe. Where galvanized wrought-
(13)
SECTION 1.
iron pipe is used for waste pipe, the fittings used in con-
junction therewith shall be cast-iron, recessed screwed fit-
tings. All soil, waste and vent pipe installed underground
within five feet of the building shall be cast-iron pipe.
Whenever acids or corrosive industrial wastes are discharged
into the drain lines, the wastes and drain lines shall be
constructed of a material approved by the county board of
health. All fixtures shall be connected with waste pipes of
not less than the following sizes:
Wash basins, one and one-fourth inches; sinks, bath tubs and
laundry trays, one and one-half inches; water closets, four in-
ches. Vent pipes shall be of cast-iron pipe, lead or brass
pipe, glavanized wrought-iron pipe, or galvanized steel pipe.
Vent fittings shall be of cast-iron threaded brass fittings
or galvanized malleable iron fittings. Each fixture shall
have a vent not less in size than size of trap of such
fixture, excepting water closets, which shall have a vent
of not less than two inches; whenever it is impossible to
vent a plumbing fixture in accordance with the plumbing
code, the fixture shall be installed in some other manner
which meets the approval of the Building Inspector. Each
building drain carrying the discharge from one or more
water closets and connected to a separate sewer branch or
septic tank shall have at least one two-inch branch extending
through and above the roof. Soil, waste and vent lines shall
be sized in accordance with the tables set forth in the reg-
ulations of the County of Kitsap. All vents shall extend to
and above the roof of the building, and each fixture shall be
separately and efficiently trapped. All fixtures shall be
supplied with fresh water sufficient to flush the same. The
water-service pipe to an~ building. shall be of sufficient size
to Detroit a continuous and ample flow of water on all floors
at a ~iven time. It shall be so graded in size as to make for
equal distribution of the water to the respective risers and
branches in accordance with the need of the fixture or flush-
ing medium employed. All joints of bell and spigot cast-iron
soil pipe shall be m~de with oakum and pig lead properly calked.
Threaded cast-iron pipe used in the plumbing system shall be
in accordance with federal specifications for threaded cast-
iron pipe. All waste water and sewage from plumbing fixtures
shall be discharged into a sewer system or septic tank dis-
posal system. No septic tank or disposal field shall be con-
structed within 50 feet of any well or be so topegraphically
placed that it rosy become a health menace. Septic tanks, to-
gether with drainage trenches, drainage tile or leeching cess-
pools for the disposal of septic tank effluent shall be con-
str~cted and installed in accordance with the rules and regu-
lations of the County of Kitsap. No plumbing fixture, device
or equipment shall be installed or maintained which will pro-
vide a cross-connection between the distributing system of
water for drinking and domestic purposes or any other water
supply and a drainage system of soil or waste pipe so as to
permit or make possible the back flow of contar~nated water,
sewage or waste into the water supply system. No plumbing
fixture, appurtenance or device, the installation of which
would be in violation of this code and the regulations of
the County of Kitsap sh~.ll bE sold. offered for sale or ~--
st~ulled in the eeun~.
ARTICLE
~pen co~pletien of rough work and testing, an inspector shall
be notified by telephone, in person, or in writing. No notice
shall be sent for any inspection until work is entirely ready
for inspection. The plumbing inspector shall examine the work
within forty-eight (48) hours after receiving the notice that
it is ready for inspection. The plumbing work shall be tested
by water, smoke, or air in the presence of the plumbing in-
spector. Such test shall include all soil, waste and vent
pipes.
(14)
SECTION 2.
SECTION 3,
SECTION 4-
The inspector, or his authorized agent, shall have.authority
at all proper and reasonable hours to enter private premises
for the purpose of inspecting plumbing and sewer and water
connections. It Shall be his duty to see that all ordinances
of the County of Kitsap relating to water and sewer connections
are complied with and that ~ll plumbing and water connections
within the County of Kitsap are in conformity to such ordinances.
He shall have authority after written notice of three (3) days
to the owner, agent, or occupant of any premisSs~ specifying
the ordinances violated, and the particular defect or omission
to prohibit the use of any plumbing or sewer or water connect-
ions of such premises, and to turn off the water from such prem-
ises when the source of such water serves other premises, until
the provisions of such ordinances have been complied~ith.
Whenever the inspector shall find any plumbing work being done
or material being Used which does not in all respects conform
to the provisions of this ordinance, he shall order such changes
in workmanship or materials as will make the same conform in all
respects to the provisions hereof, and the Building inspector is
hereby authorized and empowered in all cases of failure, neglect,
or refusal to conform to such order, to condemn the building or
premises in which such~ork is being done, or has been installed.
When work is cOmpleted and all fixtures set, the inspector must
be notified by telephone, in person, or in writing, that the
work is readyfor final inspection, and the inspector may re-
quire a final test of pepperFdnt, m~de by using five (5) fluid
ounces for each line, up to five (5) stories, and basement in
height, and for each additional five (5) stories or fraction
thereof, one (1) additional ounce of peppermint shall be pro-
vided for each line.
SECTION 5.
S~tCTION 1.
Whenever upon inspection any building or premises, or part
thereof, is found unfit for human habitation by reason of de-
fective or improper plumbing, gas fittings or drainage system,
the Building Inspector may require the vacation of such build-
ing, premises, or part thereof, and a written order shall be
conspicuously posted on the building or premises, and where
practicable, shall be served upon the owner, agent or occupant
of such premises, and it shal;l be unlawful for any person to
fail, neglect or to refuse to comply with such order or fail
to vacate such premises when so ordered, or to remove such
notice as posted.
ARTICLE XX!!I (Amended to read as follows:)
Application for Permit. Application for the permit referred to
in Article II, Section 3, sh~ll be made on suitable forms pro-
vided by the Bremerton-Kitsap County Department of Public Health.
The application shall be accompanied by fees in accordance with
the schedule of fees.
SECTION 2.
Schedule of Fees. Septic tank for single residence, $3.00 each.
Septic tank for commercial building, multiple dwellin~ unit,
schools, etc., $5.00. Plumbing fixtures, 75¢ each. (~or the
purpose of this section, a "fixture" shall mean and include any
appliance which is connected with either a water pipe, house
drain or vent, but no sill cock or outlet for a sprinkler system,
and no faucet or hose bibb shall be considered a fixture.)
Minimum plumbing fee, $1.O0. New or reconstructed sewer
connection, $2.00.
PASSED by the County of Kitsap,State of Washington, this 12th
day of December, 1949.
This ordinance shall be in full fo~ce and effect on January l,
1944. Adopted this 13th day of September, 1943.
Henry A. Rrown, Chairman, Kitsap County Commissioners.
W. J. Nelson, Commissioner
.. F.L.,Pruitt, Commissioner
ATTEST: WEndELL R. VAA, County Auditor and Clerk of the Board.
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